Cinema: Top Bubble

Saul Steinberg once drew a bedraggled cube with a trail of bubbles
overhead. In the largest bubble was a perfect cube, its sides
impeccably straight. The cartoon was dreaming about its platonic ideal.
If Saturday morning TV cartoons dreamed, the feature in the top bubble
would be The Aristocats, the latest full-length feature from the Disney
fun factory. Other animations, such as Heinz Edelmann's Yellow
Submarine, may show more audacity. The melodies in Disney's earlier
efforts have been richer. But for integration of music, comedy and
plot, The Aristocats has no rivals.